While writers bear a certain amount of self-deprecation, self-doubt and self-loathing, they also possess a fair amount of ego. After all, what could be more egotistical than thinking your thoughts, feelings and life experiences are of value to other people? That being said, there seems to be something challenging about …

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When people tell you to get a real job, it’s usually because they hate their own and they want you to suffer just as badly. A person with a so-called non-real job is generally working part-time, in the service industry, is a student or simply floats around in a beautiful …

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There’s something about Wes Anderson that white people love. It’s not merely that all of the auteur’s main characters are white, but it’s his entire oeuvre of general neuroses. Unlike Woody Allen, however (and not just in the child molester sense), Anderson is subtler in his portrayal of his characters’ …

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Moviefone, once the go-to source for movie showtimes, has officially announced that it will no longer be in service. The famous 777-FILM number is no more, signaling a somewhat telling trend in moviegoing interest (or rather, lack thereof). The once iconic voice of Russ Leatherman (see: Seinfeld) stopped its sonorous …

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We all know the infamous scene from Wes Craven’s 1996 film, Scream. Drew Barrymore as the terrified ingenue Casey Becker represents each and every one of us at some point in our lives: Totally scared shitless of something we can’t see or understand. She is taunted and baited by her …

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Perhaps only one woman could have made Pepsi chic (as Madonna merely made it incendiary)–and that woman was one, Cindy Crawford. In 1992, just three years after the “Like A Prayer” controversy that made Pepsi a non-favorite with Middle Americans, it seemed that the soda company would never be able …

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On what would have been Kurt Cobain’s forty-seventh birthday, it seems pertinent to consider how the demigod of grunge would have instructed you to best live your life. Here are some ways for you to emulate Kurt’s unique approach to existence. Never let anyone call you “the spokesman of a generation.” …

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Some of you may have rolled your eyes or even let a scoff exit your mouth upon seeing the title of this article. And such a reaction is telling of how little white girls are taken into consideration when it comes to having “real” problems. But, in fact, our problems …

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On February 18, Devo (and music enthusiasts everywhere) suffered an unfortunate loss. Co-founding member and guitarist Bob Casales died of heart failure at 61, leaving an emptiness in the Devosphere that can’t be filled or replaced. All we can do is mourn and take a moment to appreciate some of …

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Perhaps only in the 1980s could someone such as Molly Ringwald have been a teen idol. She was pale, redheaded and from Sacramento (not even though, but from a quaint little suburb outside of it called Roseville, so I guess Greta Gerwig still has sole claim to California’s capital city). …